Tuesday 3 October 2023 | Bhadarva Vad 5, Samvat 2079
Tue 3 Oct 2023
Bhakti Sangeet
On 23rd December 2013, disciples of Shree Muktajeevan Swamibapa Sangeet Academy (SMSSA) under the guidance of Swamibapa’s sants, a spectacular Bhakti Sangeet Night was held in Nairobi Temple. Highly talented devotees and sants pleased Lord Swaminarayanbapa Swamibapa and Acharya Swamishree by performing devotional songs.
The programme commenced at 7.30pm with Shree Muktajeevan Swamibapa Sangeet Academy (SMSSA) girls reciting the Mahamantra “Om Shree Swaminarayanbapa Swamibapa Bhagwatey Namah” followed by choruses of “Nenu thi Nyara Mara Naathji ma Rahejo” and “Harikrushna Haiyano Mare Haar Chhe Ji Ho”.
A slide show of the Mombasa International Carnival Festival was projected that H.H. Swamibapa Pipe band was invited for.
A total of 8 devotional songs were performed, some solo, others in chorus. With the melodious vocals of sants and disciples, the congregation swayed. The master of ceremony; Shree Gurupriyadasji Swami entertained the audience with mimicry in the intervals of each kirtan.
At the end of this pleasant night, sants and disciples showed their gratitude towards the Lord by joining Shree Uttamsharandasji Swami in singing “Shreeji Thank You, Bapa Thank You. . . Kahie Thank You Very Much” and concluded the Bhakti Sangeet night.
Acharya Shree Jitendriyapriyadasji Swamiji Maharaj is the current spiritual leader of Maninagar Shree Swaminarayan Gadi Sansthan. He is the heir to Acharya Shree Purushottampriyadasji Swamishree Maharaj, and sixth in the lineage of ascetic Acharyas, which descends directly from Lord Shree Swaminarayan.